Synonyms for companion
kəmˈpæn yəncom·pan·ion

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.3 / 4 votes

1. companion

   Colleague is used always in a good sense, associate and coadjutor generally so; ally, assistant, associate, attendant, companion, helper, either in a good or a bad sense; abetter, accessory, accomplice, confederate, almost always in a bad sense. Ally is oftenest used of national and military matters, or of some other connection regarded as great and important; as, allies of despotism. Colleague is applied to civil and ecclesiastical connections; members of Congress from the same State are colleagues, even though they may be bitter opponents politically and personally. An Associate Justice of the Supreme Court is near in rank to the Chief Justice. A surgeon's assistant is a physician or medical student who shares in the treatment and care of patients; a surgeon's attendant is one who rolls bandages and the like. Follower, henchman, retainer are persons especially devoted to a chief, and generally bound to him by necessity, fee, or reward. Partner has come to denote almost exclusively a business connection. In law, an abettor (the general legal spelling) is always present, either actively or constructively, at the commission of the crime; an accessory never. An accomplice is usually a principal; an accessory never. If present, though only to stand outside and keep watch against surprise, one is an abettor, and not an accessory. At common law, an accessory implies a principal, and can not be convicted until after the conviction of the principal; the accomplice or abettor can be convicted as a principal. Accomplice and abettor have nearly the same meaning, but the former is the popular, the latter more distinctively the legal term. Compare APPENDAGE; AUXILIARY.

   Synonyms:
   abetter, abettor, accessory, accomplice, ally, assistant, associate, attendant, coadjutor, colleague, confederate, follower, helper, henchman, participator, partner, retainer

   Antonyms:
   adversary, antagonist, betrayer, chief, commander, enemy, foe, hinderer, instigator, leader, opponent, opposer, principal, rival

   Preposition:
   An accessory to the crime; before or after the fact; the accessories of a figure in a painting.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.5 / 4 votes

1. companion

   Synonyms:
   associate, mate, comrade, colleague, ally, partner, accomplice, coadjutor

   Antonyms:
   rival, toe, antagonist, adversary

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 7 votes

1. companion, comrade, fellow, familiar, associatenoun

   a friend who is frequently in the company of another

   "drinking companions"; "comrades in arms"

   Synonyms:
   brother, dude, boyfriend, feller, mate, lad, bloke, associate degree, beau, young man, blighter, familiar, gent, confrere, colleague, swain, cuss, fella, fellow traveller, familiar spirit, chap, comrade, fellow, associate, buster, companion, fellow traveler

2. companion, fellow traveler, fellow travellernoun

   a traveler who accompanies you

   Synonyms:
   companion, fellow traveller, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate, fellow traveler

3. companionverb

   one paid to accompany or assist or live with another

   Synonyms:
   fellow traveller, comrade, fellow, familiar, associate, fellow traveler

4. company, companion, accompany, keep companyverb

   be a companion to somebody

   Synonyms:
   company, go with, accompany, attach to, keep company, come with, play along, companion, follow

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1. other half

   Submitted by apeters1105 on March 3, 2020  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. companionnoun

   Synonyms:
   comrade, associate, mate, fellow, CONSORT, compeer, boon companion

2. companionnoun

   Synonyms:
   partner, partaker, participator, participant, sharer

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. companionnoun

   Synonyms:
   associate, comrade, intimate, consort, partner, fellow, mate, chum, compeer, confederate, accomplice, ally, colleague, crony, confrère, concomitant, accessory

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1. List of paraphrases for "companion":

   journeyman, mating, courtesan, mate, accompaniment, accompanying, complementary, snap-in, pinion, supplementary, sprocket, partner, rafik, flanking, attendant, consort, wizard, colleague, escort, roommate, add-in, comrade, coupling, company

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. COMPANION

   Synonyms:
   Comparison of Medical Therapy, Pacing and Defibrillation in Chronic Heart Failure

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1. David Cooley:

   After my traveling companion and I had been seated in our assigned seats for a while, we were approached by the flight attendant and my companion was asked to move from his premium seat to coach, so a couple could sit together. I explained that we were a couple and wanted to sit together. He was given a choice to either give up the premium seat and move to coach or get off the plane. We could not bear the feeling of humiliation for an entire cross-country flight and left the plane. I cannot believe that an airline in this day and age would give a straight couple preferential treatment over a gay couple and go so far as to ask us to leave. we will never be flying Alaska Airlines or their recently purchasedVirgin Airlines Groupever again. Thank you to Delta Air Lines for getting us home safe. If you are an#LGBTperson, please spend your travel dollars with an LGBT-friendly airline like Delta.

2. Eda LeShan:

   When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death -- ourselves.

3. Henry David Thoreau:

   I love to be alone. I never found the companion that was so companionable as solitude.

4. Marni Walden:

   Our focus is all on our mobile product today, we have to be successful with this product first and then we would have the right to say, 'Yes, let's go do the companion.'.

5. Lothar Weimann:

   A dog is always a very honest, very true kind of character, i will always say that dogs are the better humans. It’s good to have them around. If you have a dog, you have a companion for life.